A Russian passenger plane carrying 50 people crashed near Tynda in the Far Eastern Amur region, killing all on board. The aircraft lost contact mid-flight, and rescuers later found its burning wreckage. Preliminary reports point to pilot error during landing in poor visibility as the likely cause of the tragedy. Source link
NEW DELHI: New Delhi: The initial probe into the crash of AI 171 has revealed that three seconds after getting airborne from Ahmedabad on June 12, fuel supply to both engines of the Air India Boeing 787 operating as AI 171 got cut off. The engines’ fan speed began dropping and the aircraft weighing 213.4…
A strange glow spotted on Saturn’s surface has triggered a wave of excitement and confusion within the astronomy community. On July 5, 2025, amateur astronomer and NASA employee Mario Rana captured footage that appears to show a mysterious object crashing into the gas giant. If confirmed, this would be the first-ever recorded impact event on…
Black box of crashed AI plane not sent abroad (Image credits: ANI) Civil aviation minister K Rammohan Naidu said on Tuesday that the black box from the Air India plane crash in Ahmedabad is being examined by the aircraft accident investigation bureau (AAIB) and dismissed media speculation that it has been sent abroad for analysis.The…
NEW DELHI: “I hope this plane goes to a boneyard 25-30 years later and gets recycled there.” This is what the senior commander, who took delivery of the Dreamliner Boeing 787-8 (VT-ANB) had told one of his crew members while doing a walk around the plane before flying it home in January 2014.Fate, however, had…
Rescuers carry the body of a victim of airplane that crashed in Ahmedabad in Gujarat, Thursday, June 12, 2025. (AP) NEW DELHI: An Air India plane flying to London, which went down shortly after take-off on Thursday, crashed into the residential quarters of doctors from BJ Medical College in Ahmedabad’s Meghaninagar area. “After the takeoff,…
The sightseeing helicopter that broke apart mid-air and crashed into the Hudson River on Thursday, killing all six people on board, had a documented mechanical issue months prior, according to a New York Post report. Federal Aviation Administration records show the Bell 206L-4 LongRanger IV, operated by New York Helicopter Tours, experienced a mechanical issue…
Entombed under his hotel bed for five days in the debris, two things enabled teacher Tin Maung Htwe to survive Myanmar’s devastating earthquake: old school lessons and his own urine. The primary school headmaster was on a training course in Sagaing, the closest place to the epicentre, when the 7.7-magnitude earthquake struck. The 47-year-old remembered…
Delta Air Lines said on Wednesday that it was offering $30,000 to each passenger who was aboard the flight from Minneapolis that crashed and flipped upside down this week while trying to land in Toronto. All 80 people — 76 passengers and four crew members — who were on Delta Flight 4819 survived after the…
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev on Sunday claimed that the recent crash of a passenger plane in Kazakhstan, which claimed the lives of 38 people, was caused by ground fire from Russian territory, news agency Reuters reported, quoting Azerbaijan state television. President Aliyev also expressed deep regret over the incident and criticised what he described as…